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G. B. N. TOWER.

SNAP HOOK.

No. 258,158. Patented May 16, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. N. TOWER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD L. LAMBIE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SNAP-HOOK.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .latent No. 258,158, dated May 16, 18 82.

' Applicationfiled February 9, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. N. TOWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in snap-hooks, having for its object the production of a cheap, sim-' ple, and durable snap-hook; and to this end the invention consists in a snap-hook formed from a single plate of sheet-brass or other metal stamped, punched, or cut and bent up into proper shape to form the shank, straploop, spring, and hook, all as will be hereinafdies, as shown in Fig. 1, the parts a a forming the shank and strap-loop, the part b the springtongue, and the part c the hook, which blank is subsequently bentup into proper shape to form a snap-hook complete, the looped and shanked portion a a being made stronger by said parts a a being bent over on each other,

all as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The above-described construction of snaphook is very simple and cheap, and can be formed with but little, if any, waste of material, while forming a strong and durable snaphook.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A snap-hook formed ola single piece ot'sheet metal, as shown, having the shank and hook of a single thickness, and the attaching-loop a of a double thickness, of material, and the spring-tongue b, consisting of a prolongation of the overlapped portion of the attachingloop, as shown and describcd,for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. N. TOWER.

Witnesses:

E. D. LAMBIE, JAS. S. GHALKER. 

